ignōbĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [ignobilis].
I Want of fame , obscurity (rare but class.): num igitur ignobilitas aut humilitas aut etiam popularis offensio sapientem beatum esse prohibebit? Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 103: virorum, Ov. M. 6, 319: artificis, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 69.—
II Low birth , mean origin.
A Lit. (rare but class.): multis viris fortibus ne ignobilitas generis obiceretur, Cic. Mur. 8, 17: hoc propter ignobilitatem paternam minus suspecto, Platorem occidit, Liv. 44, 30, 3.—
B Transf., of things, inferior quality , badness : vini, Col. 3, 21, 10.